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Haiti Libre, May 23, 2020 The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) planned a 4th expulsion flight of Haitians from the United States to Port-au-Prince on Tuesday May 26, 2020, while Haiti is in the grips of the Covid-19 which has already contaminated 800 people and killed 25 Among the 78 Haitians who will be … Read more

Happy Haitian Flag Day / Fête du drapeau. May 18, 2020 will be the 2017th year of this celebration. A little background…(Encylopedia2) Haitian Flag Day is observed on May 18 in Haiti and in a number of U.S. cities with large populations of Haitian Americans. Many Africans of the diaspora, regardless of their ancestry, also … Read more

New York Carib News, By ohtadmin | on May 14, 2020 WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)— The World Bank says that it has activated US$9.5 million to provide immediate funding for Haiti’s agriculture sector to support food security in the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “The World Bank is working closely with the Haitian authorities … Read more

Miami Herald, By Jacqueline Charles, May 14, 2020 Some of Haiti’s best musicians are coming together for a good cause; that is via a computer screen near you. With Miami’s Haitian Compas Festival canceled and the COVID-19 global pandemic sidelining artists and forcing the cancellation of other Haitian Heritage Month events —yes, May snuck up … Read more

Miami Times Staff Report May 13, 2020 Today, Congresswoman Wilson introduced the Haitian Deportation Relief Act, which calls for the suspension of deportations of Haitian nationals until the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in both the United States and Haiti. The legislation also requires the Department of Homeland Security prioritize migrants whose detention has been deferred … Read more

A deportation flight with sick immigrants potentially endangers fellow airline passengers and people in Haiti. HuffPost, By Isabel Macdonald, 05/11/2020 UPDATE: 7 p.m. — In the face of growing opposition in Haiti to deportations from the U.S., Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to have changed its mind at the last minute about deporting Haitians who say … Read more

Miami Herald, By Edwidge Danticat, May 10, 2020 They are as young as one, two, and three years old, the children who are scheduled to be deported, along with their families, to Haiti on Monday. Their names are on a May 11 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flight manifest — ICE AIR — that … Read more

Haiti Then and Now, Interview by Dr. Celucien L. Joseph, April 29, 2020 HT: Tell us about yourself, your background, education, upbringing, connection to Haiti, etc. Who is Dr. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith? PBS: What a complicated question! How can I do justice to a life which, in some respects, has followed “une ligne droite,” the title of Dantes Bellegarde’s … Read more

VOA, By Sandra Lemaire, Matiado Vilme, April 28, 2020 WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE – Dozens of police officers took to the streets of Port-au-Prince Monday to demand the government pay them the money it owes them. The group, who fanned out on motorbikes, pickup trucks, SUVs and on foot, were accompanied by some civilian supporters. “We’re out in … Read more